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vRealize Hyperic Supported

Configurations and System

Requirements

vRealize Hyperic 5.8.4

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1 About vRealize Hyperic Supported Configurations and System Requirements

Guide 5

2 Operating System Support and Requirements 7

vRealize Hyperic Server 7 vRealize Hyperic Agent 8

3 Host Machine Requirements 9

4 vRealize Hyperic Server-Supported Databases 11

5 Supported Browsers 13

6 Agent-Server Compatibility Requirements 15

7 Drivers for Monitoring Databases 17

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About vRealize Hyperic Supported

Configurations and System

Requirements Guide 1

vRealize Hyperic Supported Configurations and System Requirements Guide provides a list of the hardware, software and operating systems that are required to install and run VMware^®

vRealize™Hyperic^® functionality.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for anyone who will install and run the vRealize Hyperic environment.

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Operating System Support and

Requirements 2

This topic shows supported configurations and related requirements for vRealize Hyperic server and agent.

n vRealize Hyperic Server on page 7

This topic shows operating system support and requirements for vRealize Hyperic server.

n vRealize Hyperic Agent on page 8

This topic shows supported configurations for the vRealize Hyperic agent. These configurations are supported for the agent in both development and production environments.

vRealize Hyperic Server

This topic shows operating system support and requirements for vRealize Hyperic server.

The table shows operating system support and requirements for vRealize Hyperic server. The table includes the configurations listed in the Supported Platforms and Configurations section of vFabric Suite

documentation, as well as additional configurations supported by standalone vRealize Hyperic.

Table 2‑1. Server Requirements

Operating System

Processor

Architecture JVM*

Production or Developer Support**

Scaling Considerations Pre-deployed Virtual

Appliance (vApp) X86_64 Oracle Java SE 6, SE

7 Production Best configuration for

environments with more than 1000 managed platforms.

RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x, 6.x, or CentOS 5.x, 6.x

X86_64 Oracle Java SE 6, SE

7 Production

7 Production For medium scale

environments.

Microsoft Windows 2003R2, 2008R2, 2012R2 (requires 5.8.2) x64

X64

*Host operating systems should employ a method of time sync (NTP). This is required to ensure accuracy of metric data reporting and alerts.

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**The table indicates whether the supported configuration is for production or development. Generally, production support means you can run your production application on the platform; developer support means you can develop on the platform but you should not run your production application on it. Many developers use consumer-focused operating systems that are not certified for production use, and most vCenter products function well on popular consumer operating systems. The developer support designation is intended to convey which products are "known to work" and that VMware will provide best-effort support for resolving reported issues that are discovered. Developer Support certifications are not supported for use in production.

vRealize Hyperic Agent

This topic shows supported configurations for the vRealize Hyperic agent. These configurations are supported for the agent in both development and production environments.

Table 2‑2. Agent Requirements

Operating System* Processor Architecture JVM Scaling Considerations RedHat Enterprise Linux

(RHEL) 5 x86_64, x86_32 Oracle Java SE7

RedHat Enterprise Linux

(RHEL) 6 x86_64, x86_32 Oracle Java SE7

SUSE Enterprise Linux

(SLES) 11 x86_64 Oracle Java SE7

Windows 2003 Server R2 x86_64, x64_32 Oracle Java SE7 Windows 2008 Server R2 x86_64, x64_32 Oracle Java SE7

Windows 2012 Server R2 x64 Oracle Java SE7

Solaris 10 or higher SPARC 64bit, x86 (requires

5.8.2 agent) Oracle Java SE7

HP-UX 11.11 or higher PA-Risc Oracle Java SE7

AIX 6.1, 7.1 PowerPC Oracle Java SE7

Ubuntu 10.11 x86_64, x86_32 Oracle Java SE7 For development

environments only.

*Host operating systems should employ a method of time sync (NTP). This is required in order to ensure accuracy of metric data reporting and alerts.

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Host Machine Requirements 3

This section describes the host system requirements for the vRealize Hypericserver and vRealize Hypericdatabase, assuming that the database runs on a different host than the server.

n vRealize Hyperic supports only one server on a host. The host must have a static IP address for server communications.

n vRealize Hyperic supports only one agent on a host.

n If you will manage more more than 100 platforms, run the database on a dedicated host, rather than on the same machine as the server.

In the following table:

n Medium is 50 to 500 managed platforms, or 5000-30000 managed resources.

n Large is 500 to 2,000 managed platforms, or more than 30,000 managed resources.

Table 3‑1. Host Machine Requirements

Resource vRealize Hyperic Server

vRealize HypericDatabase required/recommended

Processor n Medium: 4 or more server class

CPUs, 2 GHz or better n Large: 6 or more server class

CPUs, 2 Gz or better

n Medium: 4 or more server class CPUs, 2 GHz or better n Large: 8 or more server class

CPUs, 2 GHz or better

RAM n Medium: 8 GB

n Large: 12 GB or more

n Medium: 6 GB or more n Large: 16 GB or more

Free Disk Space 20 GB n Medium:200 GB

n Large: 500 GB

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vRealize Hyperic Server-Supported

Databases 4

This topic lists the databases supported by vRealize Hyperic.

The vRealize Hyperic database supports PostgreSQL or vPostgreSQL 9.1.x.

The vRealize Hyperic server vApp includes a VM with a vPostegrSQL database. The built-in database installed when you run the vRealize Hyperic installer in default mode is PostgreSQL.

For deployments with more than 60 platforms, run the database on a dedicated host, not on the same machine as the vRealize Hyperic server.

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Supported Browsers 5

This topic lists the browsers supported by vRealize Hyperic.

vRealize Hyperic supports the following browsers. Firefox is recommended.

Table 5‑1.

Browser Version

Firefox (Recommended)

The Skype plugin for Firefox causes unexpected behavior in the Hyperic user interface. Disable the plugin to work around this problem.

11, 12

Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9

Safari 5.0, 5.1

Chrome 21

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Agent-Server Compatibility

Requirements 6

This topic lists the requirements to enable the vRealize Hyperic server and vRealize Hypericagent to communicate.

The vRealize Hyperic agents reporting to the vRealize Hyperic server must be the same version as the vRealize Hyperic server, or an earlier version than the vRealize Hyperic server.

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Drivers for Monitoring Databases 7

This topic discusses requirements for database drivers for the databases used with vRealize Hyperic.

In the open source version of vRealize Hyperic, the plugins packaged with the vRealize Hypericagent for MSSQL, Oracle, Informix, DB2, and Sybase do not include the database vendor's JDBC plugin. After installing Hyperic HQ, you must download and install the vendor-provided JDBC drivers for these plugins to work.

The database plugins in vRealize Hypericinclude the JDBC drivers.

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